On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 03:41:46 +0000 (UTC), Danny D'Amico
wrote:

What I did today was I pulled the batteries out of the five handsets
and pulled the power from the base, and let it sit that way all day.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/1...8f6d65c7_o.gif

Ummm... was the phone designed to use NiMH or NiCd batteries? I'm too
lazy to check.

NiMH batteries can be a problem due to high self discharge and
possible overcharging. I suggest that you charge a few of the
batteries in the phones for a day and then remove the batteries.
Measure the voltage which should be about 1.2V when fully charged.
Just let them sit outside the handset for at least 12 hrs (or more).
Then measure the voltage again. 1.1V to 1.2V is fairly normal. 1.0V
is borderline. Anything less than 1.0V is a problem. What you're
measuring is the self-discharge rate, which tends to get worse as the
batteries get older. It's particularly bad with NiMH which can lose
1% to 5% per day depending on temperature and age.

Besides dubious batteries, I'm beginning to suspect you may have
multiple problems. Two independent but incompatible DECT systems, on
the same frequency, are going to cause mutual interference. The
reason the problem is intermittent is that both bases have be on the
same channel in order to cause mutual interference. With 5 (US)
channels to use, you're chances are 1 in 5 of having a collision.
Unplug one base and see if the probleem goes away.

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